McLean County Times

Colfax Fire Department responded to 14 calls in 2017 - 22.2 percent less than the previous year, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System.

The calls in Colfax included 12 fires - eight structure fires, three vehicle fires and one other fire.

In all, the department saw $466,500 in fire loss - or about $38,875 per fire.

The department also received two false calls.

	2016	2017	Year-over-year change (%)
Structure Fires	6	8	33.3
Vehicle Fires	1	3	200
Other fires	9	1	-88.9
Total Fires	16	12	-25
Total Calls	18	14	-22.2